drown out

While “Wicked” doesn’t need to be the same technicolor utopia as “The Wizard of Oz,” the movie often leaves its characters drowned out by perplexing lighting design.

As the players emerged on to the pitch, the Swedish fans held up a green and white choreography and drowned out their hosts.

Brothers David and Mark Aurigemma tried to drown out the election day noise with a walk through Los Angeles State Historic Park on Tuesday morning.

Cheers from the audience drowned out the first lines spoken by the Democrats' US presidential candidate.

But his measured, bookish approach is often drowned out by the anguish and fury of crime victims.